Our trip across the sea.

An ABC Taxi came to pick us up at 8:30 am. We loaded our suitcases into the taxi, got in and then zoomed off. It was a beautiful day. It was sunny and the sky was blue. When we got to the airport, we unloaded our luggage. My mom grabbed a cart, we put our bags onto it and walked through the revolving doors of the airport. There was a long queue leading to the check-in counter of Qantas. We had our luggages taken to be put on the plane, and then we had breakfast. I had a Hashbrown and a Bacon and Egg Roll. My mom had a chicken fillet Subway sandwich and a Diet Coke and my dad just had some coffee. Then I bought a book called Eragon and I also got a free book mark. Then we went to the imigration queue and had our passports inspected. We entered the security inspection room and put our stuff on the conveyor belt and walked through a metal detector. Then we collected our stuff, went through a mini shopping mall (duty-free) and bought some Australian wine. After that, we went into a waiting room where we waited in a long queue and had our passoorts inspected again. We then walked down a long hallway into the airplane and found our seats. We sat down, fastened our seat-belts and waited. A powerful little cart pulled us onto the runway. Then it stopped towing us and zoomed away. Suddenly, the engines roared into life. It was just a low rumble at first, but it slowly became louder. We started moving down the runway fairly quickly, and then, without warning, the wheels retracted and we took off.

The plane started rising in a turn. We tightened our seat-belts. We climbed higher in the air and soon we were really high up. We could see Australia far below us as we rose higher. Once we reached 38,0000 feet we stopped rising. We flew over Australia for 4 hours. For lunch I had Chicken with vegetables and tomato pesto. Both my mum and dad ate Pork with potatoes, mushrooms, pasta and vegetables. I stole the pasta from my mum and dad. With each meal there was also bread, butter, yogurt, milk, salad, dressing, fruit, cheese and crackers. I stole my mum and dad's bread, butter and milk. I ate my yogurt and fruit. I ate almost everything I had and the food that I got from my parents. I didn't eat the the salad and dressing beause my stomach was too full. We also had drinks. My dad had a Victoria Bitter which is a kind of beer. I had orange juice and my mum had a Diet Coke.

Later, I ordered a little macaroni snack but didn’t finish it. Then suddenly I felt a sensation in my stomach and I thought I was going to vomit, but I didn’t. A few hours later, the plane started descending. We were going to land. I could see the Philippines down below the plane. After a few more bumps and tilts and some slight shaking, we landed. Guess what? It was then I threw up into a barf bag.

We got off the plane and walked into the Philippine airport. It was kind of shiny because it was so sunny outside. We waited in an immigration queue, then went to a conveyor belt to get our luggage and put them in a cart and wheeled it across a street, then down a ramp to where I saw my aunts Nancy and Myrna (my mum’s sisters) across the street waiting for us. We waved to them and they waved back. They got their car from the parking lot, drove over to us, and helped us load our luggage into the boot. We then got into the car and rode off. It was a long car trip and I felt tired after 8 hours on the plane. We arrived home and I greeted everyone. I saw my girl cousins Pia and Isa. Pia was 7 and Isa was 11. Uncle Alex and Uncle Raul were there too. I didn’t have dinner because I wasn’t hungry but me and my cousins played together until 9:00 pm Philippine time (12 midnight Australia time). Good Night!